1834 - Thomas Davenport of Vermont developed the first real electric motor ('real' meaning powerful enough to do a task) although Joseph Henry and Michael Faraday created early motion devices using electromagnetic fields.
Below is a more detailed usage of operating systems according to age group: 18 to 34 years old. Of all the smartphone users, 50% use Android as operating system, 43% use iPhone, 39% use Microsoft and 38% use RIM. Apparently, more users prefer Android.
Likes Received: 0. Best Answers: 0. Trophy Points: 11. #6 Windows XP is 10 years old. People wonder why we are not installing Windows 7 on many netbooks. One reason: The power that netbooks have is comparable to the power we had 10 years ago, which is why most run Windows XP. As we continue to add more processing power, more hard drive space and more RAM, our operating systems and software add more graphics and consume more RAM and hard drive space.